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Auto Memory: A tuner feature that automatically finds the strongest stations in the local area, and places them in preset memories

European Association Of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (EASDAQ): Stock index, computed by Morgan Stanley Capital International.

Expanded Memory: Anther term for Expanded Memory is EMS (Expanded Memory Specification). In a DOS based system there is 1 MB (megabyte) of address space available for main memory. 384K is for high-memory and . . . View Full Definition

Extended Data Output (EDO) Memory: Short for Extended Data Output, a type of dynamic random access memory. EDO memory is much faster than DRAM because it can access more than one block of information at a time. EDO memory acc . . . View Full Definition

Error Checking and Correction (ECC) Memory: A method of detecting and correcting system memory errors by adding additional bits and using a special algorithm.

Emotional Memory: Technique of method acting wherein the actor draws upon memories of previous emotions that match the emotions of the character.

Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM): Dynamic Random Access Memory. This is a common type of random access memory that is used in personal computing. The 'dynamic' in its name is due to the fact that this memory needs to be refr . . . View Full Definition

Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM): Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. This type of memory can be reprogrammed and erased electronically repeatedly by using a device programmer which provides an electric surge. . . . View Full Definition

Extended Memory: This memory expands upon a DOS systems existing conventional memory.

Extended Memory Specification (XMS): A procedure developed jointly by AST Research, Intel Corporation, Lotus Development, and Microsoft Corporation, for using extended memory and DOS’s high memory area, a 64K block just above 1MB.